Thursday, December 12, 2024
Triskaidekaphobia :)
Friday the 13th
has a long history dating back to the Vikings & Valhalla, The Last Supper and the Knights Templar.
To whit ...
Valhalla (1896) by Max Brückner in a scenic backdrop for Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
One source mentioned for the unlucky reputation of the
number 13 is a Norse myth about twelve gods having a dinner party in Valhalla.
The trickster god Loki, who was not invited, arrived as the thirteenth guest, and arranged for Höðr, the god of darkness, to shoot Balder, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow.
Balder died, triggering much suffering in the world, which caused the number 13 to be considered unlucky
The Last Supper -
Leonardo daVinci
The superstition seems to relate to various things, like
the story of Jesus's Last Supper and crucifixion in which there were thirteen individuals present in the Upper Room on the thirteenth of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his death on Good Friday.[a][b][6]
The Knights Templar
Some cite the arrest of the
Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307, by officers of King Philip IV of France as the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition,
but it is agreed the origins remain murky.[11]
And there you have it, a brief history of Friday, the 13th, occurring on 12/13/24. :)
Factoid:
For a month to have a Friday the 13th, the 1st must be a Sunday.
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